U+FE24 "︤" Combining Macron Left Half Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FE24 "︤" Combining Macron Left Half is a diacritical mark used primarily in historical or specialized text rendering, where it attaches to the left side of a base character to form a partial horizontal line. As part of the Combining Half Diacritics for Marks block, it is often paired with other half macron characters to create a continuous macron across a sequence of letters, such as in transliterations of ancient scripts or phonetic notations. This character is not intended for standalone use and requires a preceding base character to combine with, allowing for precise control in typography when a full macron is too long or when only a portion of the mark is needed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FE24 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Combining Macron Left Half |
| Block | Combining Half Marks |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ︤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ︤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB8 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFE24 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FE24 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufe24 |